City Daily Photo’s Theme Day for 1 October
is Abandoned.
You’re looking at what was once part
of the heart of medieval Salford. The 19th century saw it gradually demolished
and replaced with Victoriana buildings and the railway cut through in a couple of
directions. They lasted until World War II when Nazi bombs flattened much of
it.
The post WWII period saw small
engineering and mechanics set up in single and double storey buildings, plus
under the railway arches. Many of these went defunct in the 1970s and by the 1980s
the area was largely abandoned, save a couple of pubs and a few surviving
businesses.
In the last decade a spurt of
regeneration was halted when the banks crashed the markets. But in recent years
it’s started again, with much being bought up it seems by Chinese investors who
then rent flats out, rather than local people who want to buy and make a home…
A lasting legacy of Mrs Thatcher's reign is that the even the left has been converted to the idea that everyone should have a chance to buy their own home.
ReplyDeleteWhen Thatcher said she wanted to expand home ownership the left was firmly against it, telling us that it was only suitable for the more affluent classes.
A disgrace then that almost everyone under 35 years old and many above that age, families and individuals, may never be able to exercise their right to be able to afford this under the current system...
ReplyDeleteGood theme day post.
ReplyDeletesuper theme day post!
ReplyDeleteChinese investors buying up real estate is a problem here as well.
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